Yup yups Debs.

That’s exactly what I thought, Zohaib. And besides, it wasn’t like he scored the winner, or something, we were already 3nil up, and the match was almost over. Also, he did celebrate Vermaelen’s goal like he usually does, so nothing to worry about, imo.

He didnt celebrate bcuz he was injured. he could barely run. he was limping for a few minutes after he got a kick. i dont think theres much in it at all. the way u guys describe it. he’s just a little tired. just got back from one injury n now looks like he’s got another …

I’m with Harry on this one. Shades of King Henry in his last season… a bit distracted. Tho he ghosted in for a nice one on saturday. might improve his form, but I doubt it. Could he be disapointed that the transfer window was not used a bit more? The lack of a big name midfielder and striker may be on his mind. CB is also a bit exposed and another Vermalen would have helped. Maybe if there was a few new signings in his christmas stocking he might cheer up. (no celebration after the goal you might have noticed). Hope it’s not too late by then.

I’m with you on that one Harry. Has shades of King Henry in the last season. Distracted is probably a good description. Maybe the goal on Saturday will improve things. Ghosted in for that one. It maybe that he had hoped for a few more signings in the transfer window. We lack a bit of steel in both midfield & at CB and gulie upfront besides Arshavin. It could be a long season.

I hope I’m not making a mountain out of a mole hill here but I’m worried about our little darling Cesc Fabregas.

I hate to say it but I’ve watched him in recent games and he doesn’t seem right. His body language and the way he is playing suggests that he either has things on his mind or he is just short of confidence.

It’s obvious he loves Arsenal, he has said he is more than happy here plenty of times, but perhaps there is something just niggling away at the back of his mind.

It’s hard to criticise Cesc because he is the skipper and the face of Arsenal football club but I think that maybe he has had his head turned slightly. I reckon in the summer, when on international duty, Fabregas was tapped up yet again.

Now I don’t think that Cesc has to publicly declare that he is staying at Arsenal again, he does enough already, but I think he needs to have a serious thinking session with himself. If he is having doubts about being at Arsenal then he seriously needs to weigh up his options.

I’d imagine that the idea of playing for Barcelona is very attractive, especially for a young Catalan like himself. It’s like Arsenal wanting to sign me or you as a youngster. Would a move to Barca be a good one for him in the next couple of years? I don’t think so.

However good Fabregas is, I think he would struggle to get into the Barcelona side at the moment. In my opinion Barca have the best midfield partnership in the world. Of course Barca are the cream of Spain and Europe but I don’t think Fabregas would be happy getting splinters in his arse from the bench.

Of course there would be hysteria in Barca at the capture of Fabregas but how long would that last? At Arsenal he is loved by Gooners and will be forever. He is the lynchpin at Arsenal, numero uno, and pretty much has the side built around him. At Barca he would be just one of the boys.

I understand he is ambitious, I know he wants to win things. He can at Arsenal but firstly he needs to shake off this “hang-over” and begin to show us the Fabregas we all know because if Fabregas is buzzing so is this Arsenal team. And a buzzing Arsenal are untouchable.

i actually agree with zohaib 100%. RVP drove me crazy, he was inches with the free kick and I was actually thinkin he didnt really want to score lol. I guess after our last 2 games we finally won one so Im pleased about that, but overall good performance

Congrats to the gunners…
Just saw the comment from henry on greedybayor on soccernet.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=677923&sec=england&cc=4716

I’m not trying to be harsh or negative. I’m just trying to state some concerns. Why I’m doing it at this time is because we’ve won the game comfortably and everybody will be commenting on how well we played and how satisified they are etc. I’m trying to think out of the box here. Trying to address the concerns as usual. Trying to find ways to improve further. Everybody moans when we lose but so long as we’re winning everybody thinks it’s okay. But that’s not how I think.

Just giving my views.

zohaib theyre supposedto be days away, part from nasri who still has a long way. I think your being a bit harsh on the team they were a bit cautious today, keen not to go behind early on like we did against standard and man city. I have always felt this with our style of play that we always need the first goal for that boost. It always takes pressure of everyone which is always for the best. Diaby and song were decent, song made good tackles diaby made some dribbles and passses, although i agree that we have lacked some width in our play. Im sure when we start playing walcott and rosicky, vela we will be even more dangerous going forward. as for van persie he’s still trying to adapt. Last season he was the only creative player with so many people injured and the way he played in jan to feb was incredible, so lets give him a couple more games, its not like we are lacking in goals at the moment!!!